Overview of Research and Innovation
Wenzhou-Kean University currently has approximately 520 faculty and staff members, with 260 of them being full-time teachers. These educators come from more than 40 countries and regions worldwide, with over 90% being foreign nationals. Most of them possess international teaching experience and hold doctoral degrees. Furthermore, the university has recruited one "Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor" (Category B talent), two "West Lake Friendship Award" winners (Category C talent), and seven Category D talents. The faculty has collectively published 1400 research papers, with 600 of them published as first authors or corresponding authors in international academic journals indexed by SCI and SSCI.
According to Scopus statistics, the school's research papers have achieved impressive metrics since 2021, including a Field-Weighted Citation Impact of 2.45, Outputs in Top Citation Percentiles at 20.2% (compared to the Chinese average of 11.4%), and Publications in Top Journal Percentiles at 22.2% (compared to the Chinese average of 19.5%). These achievements position the school at the forefront of Chinese universities. The outstanding global faculty provides robust support for the school's internationalization efforts. The university has implemented more than 580 research projects, including 5 national-level projects, 42 provincial-level projects, and 61 municipal-level projects.
The university has vigorously promoted the construction of innovation platforms and has been approved for 13 national, provincial, and municipal science and technology innovation platforms, including the "China Association for Science and Technology Overseas Talent Base," "Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base in Bioinformatics," "Zhejiang Foreign Expert Workstation," "Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Applied Biomedical Informatics," and "Wenzhou Industrial Economy Research Base." Additionally, the school has established the Wenzhou International Mental Health Center, the International One Health Research Institute, and 30 university-level research platforms.
Wenzhou-Kean University has 1 national-level platform, 4 provincial-level platforms, 8 municipal-level platforms, and 30 university-level scientific research institutions.
As of February 2025, the faculty of Wenzhou-Kean University has collectively published more than 1400 research papers.
As of December 2024, Wenzhou-Kean University has implemented more than 580 scientific research projects, including 5 national-level projects, 42 provincial-level projects, and 61 municipal-level projects.
From more than 40 countries and regions around the world, over 90% of them are foreign nationals, most of whom have international teaching backgrounds and doctoral degrees.
Wenzhou-Kean University initiated Student Research Day in 2016. It is an annual campus-wide research activity organized every April to provide students with a platform to present their preliminary or completed research and creative work, and improve the overall academic research atmosphere at the University.
All WKU students are eligible to present individual or team projects on Student Research Day. Students can present their research outcomes in the format of 3-min competitions, oral presentations, posters, project demonstrations, and public exhibitions. Student Research Day plays a crucial role in improving student's critical thinking, teamwork ability, and practice social skills and enhances the University's research impact. Furthermore, more than 2000 students have participated in presenting the research projects on Student Research Day. The fantastic growth in student participation in Student Research Day, from 72 students in 2016 to more than 660 students, reflects the vibrant level of student research activity on campus.
Academic Lecture Event Announcement
Is your concept of RESEARCH still limited to dry data and obscure professional terminology? Then, Wenzhou-Kean University's STUDENT RESEARCH DAY is bound to "open your eyes wide." Here, you'll find "singing plants" that interact with you, real and touching stories of six grandmothers to stir your memories, and exciting Internet+ electronic platform cases to spark your entrepreneurial inspiration. Who says the halls of academia are unattainable heights?
